TW567431B - Method and system for enabling the transfer of a note interface, article comprising a medium storing instructions, and graphical user interface - Google Patents

Abstract

Communications between users or applications may be facilitated using a single window and a communication interface associated with that window. Transfers may be made by grabbing objects within the window and moving them to the communications interface. In some cases, icons may be associated with particular users and when objects are dragged-and-dropped to those icons, those objects may be automatically transferred to interfaces associated with those users.

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Description of the Invention (Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economics. The present invention is generally related to a user interface for a processor system. A user interface enables a user to interact with a processor system such as a Interaction between a desktop computer, laptop, palmtop computer, an Internet access device, or a processor-based device. The user interface may include graphical objects such as windows to provide information for multiple applications in On the processor system. In terms of Microsoft Windows software, for each application, various windows are displayed on the default screen. This is achieved by dragging and dropping objects between these windows. Passing between windows, and every function that the user is trying to perform simultaneously can be achieved by opening another overlapping display window. For some users, the increase in windows and the processing of those windows is an Fearful work has led those users to avoid using a processor system. In addition, in the use of the window interface, the actual operation is taking place The operation situation cannot be immediately shown to the user, so the user cannot intuitively know the operation situation that is happening. As a result, the operation is more difficult for the user to learn, and the user must remember all the steps that occur, instead of Naturally, simply complete those steps based on an understanding of how the operation is performed. On a clipboard or cut-and-paste operation linked to a Microsoft Windows program, the user can circle text or graphics, and then the user operates After a copy button is used to copy the circled data ', in a different window,' this paste can be operated by pressing red ', the previously circled data is pasted into a ^ -------- Order ------- (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page)

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Printed by employees of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs on Fiscal 567431-A7 ------------_ V. Description of Invention (2) Document. The problem with scrapbook software is that when the user operates the copy or paste button, the user does not really get any intuitive feelings about what happened to the circled data. In addition, the user can obtain a visual representation of the data after operating the copy or paste button, so the user must remember that the data has been copied, and then the user must remember to paste the data. Although the Microsoft Windows program is graphically friendly, in some cases, the Windows program lacks a completely intuitive feeling. Therefore, there is a need for a better method for transferring between the user of the computer and the application, so as to avoid some complicated connection with the existing application, and have a more intuitive nature, so that the user can easily learn and understand the delivery tool. Operation. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a graphical user interface according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the graphical user interface of FIG. 1 during operation execution; FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating execution of FIGS. 1 and 2 Software flow chart of the operation shown; Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of another graphical user interface of the present invention; Figure 5 is a graphical user interface of Figure 4 which has been pasted on a note paper by a user Schematic diagram of the work area; Figure 6 is a software flowchart for converting Figures 4 and 5; Figure 7 is an example of another graphical user interface of the present invention. -------- Line (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page)

567431 Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 --- ------ B7 V. Description of the invention (3) Intent; Figure 8 is a software flow chart for performing the operations shown in Figure 7; Figure 9 Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the graphical user interface during another operation in Figure 1; Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of the graphical user interface in Figure 9 after completing an operation; Figure 11 is the execution of Figures 9 and 10 The software flowchart of the operation shown; and Figure 12 is a hardware block diagram of the present invention. A user interface 10, as shown in FIG. I, is used for a processor system, such as a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a palmtop computer, a processor device, or an Internet access machine, It can be composed of a transmission interface 68 and a single view 58. The window 58 provides a user work area 69, which includes objects for pasting, such as sticky notes 64, digital images 59, or digital sound files (not shown). )Area. In the illustration, the interface is linked to a specific user, named Richard, as shown by the user interface component 12 in the form of a button. Richard may have a rendered image 66 associated with Richard interface 10. Below the interface member 12 on the left side of the window 58, several interface members may be provided, including a favorite connection interface member 14. Each of the interface components 14-24 can form a mouse-selectable image, and each image reveals the properties of some stored objects. Taking the favorite link interface component 14 as an example, the stored object may be the URLs of many web pages in the particularly favorite Internet. Those URLs can be stored in a compact format accessible by the component 14. Once the component 14 is selected, the links can be displayed as the current paper size of this embodiment applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 public love) · tt -------- Order- -------- Line * · ------- (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) 567431 A7 Outside V. Description of the invention (4) The same as the pull-down image, the interface component 16 can store several images, the interface member 18 can store several digital music files, the interface member 20 can store existing messages that have been received by the user, the interface member 22 can store archived note papers, and the The interface member 24 can save the operation method. Additional interface components can be displayed by clicking the scroll-down button 26. In some embodiments of the present invention, the interface component 14_24 may be determined by a decision, which means that the name and nature of the existing data may be determined programmatically. In the case of, it is stored in each The interface component 1 and its properties can be determined in advance by the software vendor. @ 此 贝 料 的 名字

-The text item box 30 is for the user to prepare the note K. When preparing a new note paper, the user's heart, ^ "click the new note paper button 32 with β 氡, and when the user has completed the note After the paper, the user can move the cruise as shown in the figure and click the sticky note button 34 with the mouse. In the embodiment of the present invention, the “adhesive note paper is generated at the position shown at 64, which means that the image is 64 ft. Fen Xiang said from & there is a view of the adhesive note paper, because the adhesive note paper is adhered with its top edge ^ Α +-Test, rather than sticking to the bottom edge causes the image to curl on the opposite edge. The lower end of the window 58 may include _ search and date display 44 and several function keys 46-56. This function key 46 is a face. You can change the display from the interface 10 that connects a user, in this example, m ^ P into one, and convert it to a house interface that is shared by many users. In this implementation, the plurality of users may be individuals of a family or other related ethnic groups, and all of them would like to use the same processor system and pass on the system. However every

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567431 V. Description of Invention (6) Take). An image 74 is equivalent to a wall image of an object. 矣 _Magic 1® chart is not a way. The object is a transmission interface that the user has decided to store in the user. The image ^ can be stored in the interface 68- Duan is uncertain. For example, the user may use the storage space provided by the transfer interface 68 as a transfer point, and transfer the corresponding objects to other applications that are subsequently displayed in the satellite game. In the embodiment designed with "no window," the transfer interface 68 enables transfer between applications, and these applications are shown at different times in the workspace 69. In the legend in Figure 1, This image 74 is a thumbnail of an email message that the user has written but has not yet sent. Objects that have been received from other users have been received, and can be sent to the user's m69 before they can be sent. Is stored in the delivery interface ⑽. Thus' the user can decide whether the incoming items that initially took over the delivery interface 68 are dropped and dropped into the satellite area 69, or they can be selectively dragged back during the finishing process And throw it into the trash can interface 76. Member of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs X. Consumption combination: ^ ¾ In Figure 10, the user has moved the position of the cursor 78 to the image 6 on the transfer interface. In the above, the volume 75 represents _ digital image objects, and then the user clicks the image 75 with a mouse, so that the image is attached to the material mark 78 as shown in Fig. 2. The user can pass the transmission interface 68's-image 72 to transfer the digital image to another user interface 10, or you can drag the image 75 and drop it into the workspace. When the image 75 is clicked, the thumbnail 60a moves with the cursor as shown in Figure 1, Until you reach your destination. When the user puts 297 mm) This paper size is suitable for financial and family care standards (CNS) ^^^ 567431 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 V. Invention Description (7) ----- When the rat button As shown in Figure 2, the thumbnail _ will present a full-scale image 60 and be displayed in the user's workspace. Alternatively, the thumbnail 60a can be dragged and dropped to the trash bin 76 and discarded. Please refer to FIG. 3. In the embodiment of the present invention, the transmission interface software 120 initially looks like a diamond! 22 shows whether an object has been selected, and the k object is selected by clicking on the milk. When an object has been selected, a thumbnail of the object is attached to a cursor as shown in block 124. In the embodiment of the present invention, the thumbnail can be semi-transparent or completely transparent, so that the data in it can be immediately viewed, which is easy to drag the thumbnail to the desired position.凊 Refer to block 126. When the cursor moves, the object also moves with the cursor. When the cursor reaches the expected position, as shown by block 128, the object will be placed at the position where the cursor is released. Returning now to FIG. 4, a housing interface 10a provided to a group of users, such as a family, a group of friends, a business organization, a social organization, or the like, may contain a plurality of registered users. In the illustration in Fig. 4, the housing interface member 12a is shown with three family members on the images, including father Richard shown in the image 66, and mother Claire shown in the image 72b. , And daughter Nicole shown in this image 72a. In this embodiment, an image 70 belonging to the housing interface 10a is displayed in the window 58, and the image 66 associated with Richard has now been moved to the transfer interface 68, and on the transfer interface The images of the other users placed adjacent to each other include an image 72b belonging to Claire and an image 72a belonging to Nicole. All kinds of objects can be attached to the housing interface 10a, such as a digital image. The paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 public love).

10 567431 A7 B7 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economy V. Invention Description (8) 61 and a note 67 'The note 67 can be posted by a user to the housing interface 10a as a reminder and provided View by all users; however, such a note can also be given to only one user. In the embodiment of the present invention, all the note papers are directly delivered to the designated recipients, and they are all affixed to the housing interface 10a. In other cases, the publication of such note papers on the housing interface 10a will not be performed automatically. The housing interface 10a functions like the front of a refrigerator. A user can use the magnet that attracts the refrigerator to attach a variety of interesting items, such as note paper or pictures, to the refrigerator. The idea is that the refrigerator door is a public area where family members can serve as a delivery center. Therefore, the interface 10a effectively simulates the idea of a public posting area, and is displayed and communicated to all users of a processor system. To enhance the refrigerator theme, a magnet image (not shown) may be superimposed on the image 61. Any user can enter the housing interface 10a, and a user can click on an appropriate image 66, 72a or 72b from the housing interface 10a to access the user's personal interface 10. Therefore, when Richard clicks on the image 66, the image 70 is replaced by the image 66, and vice versa, and Richard's interface 10 is displayed on the window 58. To access any private interface, the password is protected, so when a user clicks on the user's image, such as the image 66, the user will be asked to provide a password in order to access the corresponding User interface 10. Once the password is provided, a new interface 10 is displayed in the window 58. Therefore, a group of users have their own private area, just like the public area in the form of the housing interface 10a. The transfer between the private interface 10 of any user and the housing interface 10a can be done using the transfer kit -------- Order --------- line (please read the back first (Notes for filling in this page)

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567431 A7 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 5. Description of the invention (10) 凊 Refer to Figure 7, showing an interface 10b of the user Claire revealed by the interface member 12b. An image 72b of Claire is displayed in the window 58. Claire has selected the function key 50 to prepare an email, so the user interface of an email graphic is displayed in the workspace 69 for filling in the information in the blank space and sending an email . In this example, Claire is implementing the requirements shown in the note 65, which comes from Richard's request to purchase 100 Intel shares. To perform day guard, Claire simply fills in the appropriate information in the email, and clicks the send button 79 to send the email. If necessary, Claire can attach anything currently on the transfer interface 68. Therefore, Claire simply dragged and dropped the thumbnail image 60 & into the attachment interface 8 i of the email (for example, from the delivery interface 68), that is, she digitized her daughter Nicole Image 75 is attached to the email. In this example, the transmission interface 68 enables different applications operating at different times within the window 58 to communicate with each other, which makes the transmission between the user and the application 'no need for multiple windows, and for some users In terms of too many windows, the operation of the processor system is excessively complicated. Please refer to FIG. 8. In the embodiment of the present invention, the application delivery software 170, such as the diamond 172, does not start with detecting whether an object on the delivery interface 68 has been clicked. If so, the The object is attached to a cursor as shown by block 174 and moves with the cursor. The check at diamond 176 will detect whether the object has been dropped into the application interface of the workspace 69. If so, the object is automatically attached with a M's scale [applicable Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 g7FlG X 297 Public Love Γ -------------- Installation -------- Order (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) Line 13 567431 Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 printed by the Bureau ’s Consumer Cooperatives --------_ B7___ V. Invention Description (11) Add or incorporate the corresponding application, as shown in box 178. Therefore, in the case of an email, the object is automatically merged as an attachment to an email. In the example of a notepad application, the object can simply be incorporated into the body of the corresponding note paper. In the real example of the present invention, when an object is transferred to another area by dragging and dropping, the object originally placed on the transfer interface 68 will not remain. Therefore, when an object is selected and dragged out of the interface 68, the object disappears from the interface and no longer exists. On the contrary, the object can be continuously stored by placing it in the storage position shown in the interface members 14_24. When an object is stored in one of the interface members 14-24, the object can be dragged and dropped from the interface member 14-24, and the original object still exists in its original storage position, that is, When an object of the interface member 14-24 is clicked by the mouse, the duplicate is attached to the cursor, and the cursor is moved to a new position 'while the cursor is still stored in the interface member 14_24. As a result, the user can choose to make a plurality of objects disappear during transmission, or store them in one of the storage locations shown in the transfer interface 68 or the interface members 14-24 and retain them. Using this text item box 30, a user (Richard, image 66) can prepare a note for Claire (image 72b) and ask Claire to purchase 100 shares of stock, as shown in Figure 9 . This may be due to the fact that Claire told Richard that the stockbroker thinks that they should buy more Yinger shares in the note 64. When the user selects the sticky note button 34, That is, it is automatically transmitted to the user's window 58, such as the 10th icon & this paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (21〇χ 297 mm) ^ -------- ^ ---------------- (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) II n 14 567431 A7

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V. Description of the invention (13 When standing, the thumbnail will accompany the cursor until the cursor comes to the intended destination and the user releases the mouse button. Then refer to Figure 12 for a The processor system 140 may include a processor 142 'coupled to a bridge chip 144. The bridge chip 144 may be coupled between a graphics chip 148 and a system memory 146. The graphics chip may be coupled to a display 150, an interface 10 can be displayed on the display 15. The bridge chip 144 is also coupled to a bus 152, which is further coupled to a second bridge chip 154, which can support a hard Disk drive 156 or other storage device. The software i0012, i30 and 170 can be stored in the hard disk drive 156. The bridge chip 154 is coupled to a second bus 158, the second The bus 158 is further coupled to a series of input / output (sio) devices 160, which may be coupled to a keyboard 162 and a modem 164 for performing Internet transfers. A basic input / output system ( (BIOS) storage device 166 also It can be provided on the bus 158. A variety of other practical hardware can be used. Although the local system as described above, where most users share a single processing system, the present invention can also be applied in a distributed Or network system, where multiple users connect to the network via individual client processor systems. In this case, the software can reside on both the client and a server. One option is that the users are connected on the Internet via a server and multiple clients, instead of using a local area network to achieve the previously described features. Although the present invention has been limited to embodiments Description, but those skilled in the art will appreciate many modifications and changes from these examples. It means the '!!! 1 ----- ao (please read the notes on the back before filling this page) Economy Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Ministry of Intellectual Property Bureau--Order --------- I AW .---------

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V. Description of the Invention (I5 15 Component reference printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 10 ··· User Interface 10a ... Housing Interface 10b ... Claire's Interface-12 ... User Interface Component 12a ... · House interface member 12b ·· Claire's interface member 14,16,18,20,22,24… Interface member 26 ··· Scroll button 30 ··· Text item box 32… New note paper button 34 ... Attach a note button 44 ... Time and date display 46, 48, 50, 54, 56 ... Function keys 58 ... Single window 59, 61 ... Digital image 60 ... Full-scale image 6 0 a ... Thumbnails 64, 67 ... Sticky note paper 65 ... Note paper 66 ... Image of Richard interface 6 8 ... Transfer interface 6 8 a ... No image area 69 ... User workspace 70 ... Image of house interface 72 a ... images of the Nicole interface 72b ... images of the Clare interface 74 ... thumbnail images of email messages 75 ... digital image images 76 ... trash can 78 ... cursor 79 ... send button 81… E-mail attachment interface 100, 120, 130, 170 ... Software 140 ... Processor system 142 ... Processor 144 154 ... Bridge chip 146 ... System memory 148 ... Graphics chip 150 ... Display 152 ... Bus 160 ... Serial input / output device 162 ... Keyboard 164 ... Modem 166 ··· Basic input / output system (BIOS) storage device (please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) Order: -1 line. This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) ) 18

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567431 Supplement 5 10 15 20 25, Shen Qing profit-seeking scope application No. 90115 109, application for amendment of patent scope 92.6.12. 1. A method for activating the transmission of a note interface, which includes: A delivery interface that includes an image representing a possible destination acceptance; causing a user interface in the form of a post-it note to be marked, enabling the transfer of a note to a desired destination; and by making a note impoverished And drop the image so that the note interface can be transmitted to the destination. 2. If the method of applying for the patent has been covered in item 1, it includes providing an image to each of a plurality of users, and enabling the passing of the note interface through the transmitting interface between the users. 3. The method of applying for the item 2 of the patent scope, which includes providing a housing interface for the users, and using the transmission interface to provide a transmission capability between the users and the housing interface. 4. The method of claim 3 in the scope of patent application, which includes providing such interfaces for access and access to these users on a password-protected basis. 5. The method of item 1 in the scope of patent application, further includes generating a thumbnail of the object when the object is clicked by the mouse. 6. If the method of applying for item 5 of the patent scope includes attaching the receiving place of the object to the cursor, and when the cursor moves, the receiving place of the object moves accordingly. 7. If the method of applying for the scope of the first item of the patent includes providing a first interface, when the object is transmitted from the first interface, it is continuously stored on the first interface, and a second interface, when the object is from the first interface. After the second interface is sent out, it will be deleted automatically. 567431, scope of patent application 8. An article containing a medium for recording instructions, wherein if executed, the processor-based system can perform the following actions: Display a delivery interface connected to a window, the interface including a representative An image of the destination; make a user prepare a note on the user interface that looks like a sticky note; and ▲ make the interface that includes the note be sent and dropped by sending a note to the image To the receiving place. 9 · If the item in the scope of patent application is No. 8, it also has instructions recorded, these instructions enable the processor-based system to provide an interface for each of the plurality of users to pass through the Passing the interface to enable passing the note interface. 10 · If the item in the scope of the patent application is item 9, it also records instructions. These instructions enable the processor-based system to provide a housing interface for these users. The ability to transfer to the housing interface. 11. If there is an item in the scope of application for patent, it also records instructions. These instructions enable the processor-based system to provide access to the interfaces associated with these users on a password-protected basis. 12. As for the item in the scope of patent application item 8, it further records instructions for the processor-based system to generate a thumbnail of the object when the object is clicked by the mouse. 13. If the item in the scope of the patent application is No. 12, it also records the processor-based line _ acceptably attached to the-cursor, when the cursor moves Binding ---- (Please read the precautions on the back # 真 窝 彖 f) n — β · This paper is applicable to 1¾ ® (CNS) A4 ilWTm: 297 issued) 10 Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 567431 ------- — · ——, ", the instruction that the accepted place should move when the patent application scope is moved. ! 4. If the item in the scope of patent application item 8 includes providing a first interface, after the object is transmitted from the first interface, it is continuously stored on the first n surface, and a second interface, when the object It is automatically deleted after the second interface is sent out. 15 · A system for activating a note interface transmission, comprising: a processor; a storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device records that if executed, the processor display can be linked with a window Instruction to pass the interface 'The interface includes an image representing a possible destination acceptance; and for a user to prepare a note on the user interface that looks like a post-it note and drag the note to and to the The image is transmitted to the receiving location β16. The system of claim 15 includes a display and a mouse coupled to the processor. 17. If the system for applying for the patent examination of 16 items, wherein the storage device records instructions' these instructions enable the processor to provide an interface for most of these users to pass through the transmission interface between the users Reach the delivery. 18. The system according to item 17 of the scope of patent application, wherein the storage device stores instructions that enable the processor to facilitate the transfer between users in the same system. 19. According to the system of claim 17 in the scope of patent application, wherein the storage device stores the processor so that the processor can provide a housing interface for the users, and the national standard (CNSM4 regulations ( 2J0 X 297 mm) ^ -------- ^ --------- ^ (Please read the notes on the back before filling in this page) 567431 88895 ABCD Employee Consumer Cooperatives, Intellectual Property Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs Print Patent Application Scope The delivery interface is directed at the users and the capabilities. The edge is assigned between the faces. 20. The system of item 17 in the scope of patent application, wherein the storage enables the processor to enable the processor to generate a thumbnail of the object when the mouse clicks on the object. instruction. j 2! · If the system of the patent application No. 2G, the receiving place of the object is connected to the cursor by self-examination, so that the receiving place moves with the movement of the cursor. 22. For a system applying for item 15 of the patent scope, wherein the storage device stores a first interface that enables the processor to provide, and is continuously stored in the first interface after the object is transmitted from the _ interface, and A second interface, an instruction that is automatically deleted when an object is sent out from the second interface. 23. —a graphical user interface, comprising: an image representing a predetermined destination; a user interface with a post-it appearance so that the user can mark the post-it; and And dropped to the image so that the interface can be transmitted to the destination. 24. The graphical user interface of item 23, including a plurality of images representing a plurality of predetermined acceptance locations. (Please read the precautions on the back before filling in this page) Loading -------- Order · This paper size is applicable (CnUL specification (210 X 297 mm) _ 77 567431 铖 7 Crocodile ψ / A 70